Listen to the Mockingbird

Season	*Sixth (Buffy)*
Rating	PG
Spoiler(s)	*“Bargaining”, Pt. 1 (Buffy, S6-01)*
Genre	Character interaction
Length	3,557 words
Primary Character(s)	Giles, Drusilla
Teaser	Conversations in a prison cell, with a severely unreliable source.
Prior reading(s)	The story doesn’t require the knowledge, but Drusilla’s predictions/seeings refer to almost a dozen of my prior Backstage stories. Readers are, of course, encouraged to read all the Backstage listings, but I will provide references if requested (at aadler27@hotmail.com).
Acknowledgment	This story was done for the 2023 summer_of_giles.